Gibbo 92's 2015 Year List (1 Viewer)

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9th March - Hereford

160) Tawny Owl - I heard from house near Baynton Woods
161) Stock Dove - 1 seen flying over the road near Weobley
162) Skylark - 1 singing over strawberry field near Weobley

 

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11th March - Hereford

163) Fieldfare - flock of 35 over head

 

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18th March - Weasel Lane, Milton Keynes

164) Greenfinch - 2
165) Red-legged Partridge - 1

 

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20th March - Bletchley

166) Chiffchaff

 

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21st March - Manor Farm Quarry, A great place for birds in Milton Keynes

167) Oystercatcher - 2
168) Ringed Plover - 3
169) Green Sandpiper - 1
170) Treecreeper
171) Jay

Also present were; Kingfisher, Stock Dove, Snipe, Redshank, Goosander and Chiffchaff

 

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25th March - Manor Farm Quarry Milton Keynes

172) Reed Bunting - 1

 

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3rd April - Bletchley, Milton Keynes

173) Blackcap - 1 female in the garden feeder

 

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5th April - A week family holiday to Paphos in Cyprus with a chance for some birdwatching whenever possible. Bold ones are new birds for me.

174) Hooded Crow - common
175) House Martin
176) Crested Lark - common
177) Spanish Sparrow - 5 along road to Paphos harbour
178) Yellow-legged Gull
179) Western Yellow Wagtail - 2 black-headed feldegg along Paphos headland
180) Stonechat
181) Zitting Cisticola
182) Wryneck - 1 by Paphos lighthouse

 

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6th April - Paphos lighthouse and mosaic area.

183) Hoopoe
184) Northern Wheatear
185) Whitethroat
186) Sardinian Warbler
187) Lesser Whitethroat
188) Common Swift

 

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7th April - Paphos headland and orchard

189) Linnet
190) Sandwich Tern
191) Whimbrel
192) Tawny Pipit
193) Cyprus Wheatear - 1 male along the coastal path around the headland
194) Isabelline Wheatear - 2 along the seafront
195) Meadow Pipit
196) Nightingale - 1 singing in the orchard
197) Collared Flycatcher - 1 male behind orchard

 

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8th April - Tomb of the Kings

198) Woodchat Shrike
199) Whinchat

 

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9th April - Trodos Mountains, great drive up through the mountains on an ecotour.

200) Masked Shrike - 3 seen
201) Chukar - 2 alongside road

 

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10th April - Asprokremmos Reservoir

202) Alpine Swift
203) Cetti's Warbler
204) Willow Warbler
205) Little Owl - 1
206) Spectacled Warbler - male and female
207) Pallid Swift
208) Spotted Flycatcher
209) Black-eared Wheatear - 1 male

 

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11th April - Anarita - Nata - Foinikas - Asprokremmos Reservoir - a great full day birdwatching with some great birds.

210) Stone-Curlew
211) European Roller - 3 at least by the abandoned village of Foinikas
212) Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - 1
213) Tree Pipit
214) Great Spotted Cuckoo - 2
215) Sedge Warbler
216) Common Quail - 2 heard and then 1 seen briefly in flight
217) Turtle Dove - 1
218) Corn Bunting
219) Squacco Heron
220) Ortolan Bunting - 2
221) Hen Harrier - 1 male and female

 

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18th April - Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire

222) Mistle Thrush
223) Nuthatch
224) Marsh Tit
225) Bullfinch
226) Ring Ouzel - 12 at Steps Hill, great to see
227) Raven

 

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21st April - Went to watch the Dons play at Stadium MK and get a 3-0 win and also catch up on the pair of Peregrines there.

228) Peregrine Falcon

22nd April - Manor Farm Quarry

229) Common Tern - 2 over

 

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23rd April - Manor Farm Quarry Milton Keynes

230) Shelduck - 2
231) Dunlin - 1 summer plumage male

 

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25th April - Blue Lagoon Nature Reserve

232) Reed Warbler

 

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28th April - Manor Farm

233) Sand Martin - 2

 

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21st May - On the way to work along the A421 in Milton Keynes.

234) Barn Owl - 1 on a fence post alongside all the roadworks. I saw one in the same stretch of road last year.

28th May - Manor Farm Quarry, haven't been out as much as I would of liked, hopefully that will change soon.

235) Hobby - 1
236) Garden Warbler - 1